I’ve tried a new angle here-let me know what you think! Smokey chooses to clean her butt instead of making an appearance in this video. Also, you witness me daydreaming about being put under for my tooth surgery, because I’m looking forward to not worrying about anything while I’m in la-la land.
Today’s story is called “One Gram Short” by Etgar Keret, translated by Nathan Englander. It’s my favourite one yet!
So, I don’t normally review ‘coffee table’ books but I made an exception for this one because it’s a picture book of cats on outdoor adventures. Yes, you read that right, cats are in canoes, hiking mountains and perching on paddle boards in the great white north that is the Canadian wilderness. Bolt and Keel…
Can I get a hurrah for linked short story collections? Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta is a quiet yet decisive book that doesn’t gloss over the first and second generation immigrant experience in Canada. And instead of getting a disjointed look at these experiences through a raft of different characters, we follow one person, Kara…
I don’t like to post more than one article a day because I know y’all got lots on, so here are the videos from yesterday and today’s advent calendar unveilings!
So onto my next video review. The book I review below is called Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, and I picked it up because of the premise-it’s timely and unique. It’s also a translation, which prompted me to read it because I love exploring books from cultures and languages other than my own, it’s like…
Everyone gets excited when Lisa Moore releases a short story collection, mainly because she hasn’t in a while, and it’s the form she ‘broke out’ with. I’ve only read her novels thus far, but I love her writing, so I knew I would enjoy this newest group of stories titled Something for Everyone-I was not…
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December 8, Festive by George Saunders: A short and sweet story with an undertone of sadness. The perfect length for a Saturday morning right before I headed to a Christmas market. The saying on my inspirational calendar today was “Collect moments not things”, which also seems prophetic. He really captured the unique world kids live in, too—mink boots and lasers…too much! Loved the “Feel” and “Worry” section.
I also felt the overall design of the collection reminded me of trees…the shiny aluminum ones from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. I particularly like that the December 25 story has a dark spine, so you know what you’re working toward.
Enjoy your fa-la-la-la-la tooth time!
haha I see what you did there-thanks Cathy!
So exciting to get a George Saunders story!
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Story sounds great! Chocolate… meh, disappointing! I hope you enjoy your tooth surgery as much as you hope… ;)
ha me too!
I still want to know what’s in that Haribo Bear calendar! This story sounds fun, so I have to ask myself why I’ve read so little of Saunders.
Oh yes, that’s a good reminder! I need to whip it out soon